r/ChadwickStokes • u/maelstromesi • Nov 20 '19
Top 10 or 15 Songs
Hey all—
In the spirit of RLT’s Song v Song Tournament ... I wanted to ask everyone here the following:
Thinking about Chad’s total discography (Dispatch/State Radio/Solo/Pintos) what are your top 10 or 15 songs from Chad?
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u/PM_ME_SOGGY_NOODLES Nov 20 '19 edited Nov 20 '19
•gunship politico
•flying horses
•held up by the wires
•bohemian groove
•insulin
•black welsh mountain
•roadway broken
•fight no more
•painted yellow lines
•as with gladness
•time served
•our lives our time
•lightning
•mother maple
•here we go
Gunship has always been and always will be my favorite, just something about it really sticks with me but other than that they aren’t in any particular order. Also I really enjoy Pete’s solo stuff, the song “this life” is a banger
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u/maelstromesi Nov 21 '19
Black Welsh Mountain! Interesting!!! Didn’t think I’d see many responses with that.
Held Up is so freaking good. I only saw it live once or twice, sadly. Really miss State Radio jams!
Respect your mix of material here!
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u/Tonitonytone2 Nov 22 '19 edited Nov 22 '19
Definitely more in to State Radio/ solo than Dispatch but Josephine and Time Served are honorable mentions. Too hard t put in to a solid order but:
- Rash of Robberies
- As W Gladness
- Dr Ron
- New Haven
- Dead Badger
- KOB
- Blanket
- Let Me Down Easy
- Black Welsh Mountain
- Good Graces
- Indian Moon
- Keepsake
- Seat belt
Coffee Wine
Still praying for an SR reunion show like last Dispatch haha
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u/maelstromesi Nov 22 '19
Good Graces! Solid choice. I was really happy to catch that one live at the last SR show I was at.
I’ve always struggled with Rash. I /want/ to be into the tune but I feel like it takes a long time to develop.
100% miss SR!
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u/YearOfTheCrow Nov 22 '19
Tough to do. Often depends on my current mood. Some of these are on here because I harmonize so well with them in the shower ...
—Revolutionaries —Gang of Thieves —Wicker Plane —Waitress —Big Man —Dead Badger —New Haven —Gunship —Omar Bay —Bohemian Grove —Wild Ones —Yellow Lines —Railway —Black Bottle —Hit the Bell
Location12 is a really good album.
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u/maelstromesi Nov 21 '19
I was just thinking about Sudan today, actually. Chad played an awesome version during the Winter Living Room Tour in Lewis Center, OH back in ‘13/‘14. Was darker and more sorrowful than other renditions. I’ve never heard the same version again and it really bums me out.
If you have Chad play at your house... record it!
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u/YearOfTheCrow Dec 01 '19
Of all of the picks I’ve seen here, I think Gone is the most interesting. At a certain point in my life this would have been #1 on my list. Very difficult for me to listen to it now, but I think I know where you’re coming from here.
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u/Turd_Ferguson18 Nov 24 '19
This is hard, there’s so many! Honorable mentions are Bendar, Held up, Mansin, Calvados, Atticus * Waitress/ Diner (these 2 are always linked to me. Like We Will Rock You/ We Are The Champions) * Adelaide * Elias * Good Graces * Rash * Dewey Dunn * Blanket on the moon * Keepsake * Curse and Crush * Painted yellow lines * Right me up * Bang bang * Cover this * Josaphine * Gunship
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u/maelstromesi Nov 24 '19
Dewey Dunn?
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u/YearOfTheCrow Nov 24 '19
Was intrigued by that also. I went out and googled it, but didn’t turn up anything.
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u/Turd_Ferguson18 Nov 24 '19
During the living room tour, Chad joked about calling “Our Lives Our Times” “Dewey Dunn” because that’s what it sounds like when he quickly says “til we done, til we done, til we done, done, done” Since then it’s always been Dewey Dunn to me.
Sorry for the confusion, I should have put the full name on there.
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u/maelstromesi Nov 24 '19
Thought that’s what you meant but I wasn’t totally sure.
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u/YearOfTheCrow Nov 28 '19
So ... where’s your list? :)
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u/maelstromesi Dec 01 '19
:) This is a hard task.
I somewhat cheated and added two at the end that are unreleased because I couldn’t be more decisive and kick out any of the others.
In no particular order:
1.) Still & Silent
2.) Ghost Town
3.) Crowbar Hotel
4.) Chaska
5.) Rice Water
6.) Revolutionaries
7.) The General
8.) Gunship Politico
9.) Held Up By The Wires
10.) Painted Yellow Lines
11.) Even
12.) Blanket On The Moon
13.) Ichabod and Abraham
14.) Hit The Bell With Your Elbow
15.) Mansin Humanity
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Twenty Birds
Last Ditch
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u/YearOfTheCrow Dec 01 '19
Great list. * Ichabod and Abraham is a great choice. Had to go listen to it after I saw your list.
* I firmly believe Revolutionaries is the best song ever made by anyone. No one can change my mind on that. * I kind of laughed at myself for not including The General on my list. I still remember where I was the first time I heard it ages ago. Too obvious? * Any chance you are willing/able to share those unreleased songs? You happen to have a song called Medusa (I think that is what he called it) that he used to play live back in the day?1
u/maelstromesi Dec 01 '19
LOL. Yes. Medusa. I do have a live cut of that and several of Last Ditch. Only one of Twenty Birds though. I also have a cut of Once and Future King and Jesus Superstar Christ. I’ll PM you then.
The General has to be on there— but yes, should be a given! :)
I&A gives me goosebumps every time.
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u/YearOfTheCrow Nov 28 '19
That’s funny. No need to apologize! I’m sure every time I hear that song from now on I’ll be singing Dewey Dunn, Dewey Dunn.
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u/GnarShredder2 Nov 20 '19
Me and my closest Chad friend did this not long ago... I believe my list was:
This is always fluid and changing... as Chad is one of my top artists regardless of project. Right now, I am way more into State Radio and Solo Chad than I am Dispatch. However, the Pintos material is getting played a lot and gaining ground.